Silo-packer.



G. C. PARK.

SLO PAGKER.

APPLICATION FILED DEO. e, 191s.' 1,1 1 1,610. Patented sept. 22, 1914,

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G. C. PARK.

SIL() PAGKER.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 6, 1913.

133136111366. Sept. 22, 1914.

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WITNESSES ATTORNEYS THE NORRJS PETERS4 CCL. PHUIULIIHU.. nMQHINGTON. I34 c UNITED rS"TA"-TlI-r OFFICE.

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v T all whom t may concern; i

Be i fknown that LGEOGPARK, a

citizen of the United States. and arresidentf j of Anadarko,` inthelcountyof Caddo `and State" of Oklahoma,have` invented fa 'new and Improved jSilo-Packer, of whichthe" p following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a` means for packing ensilage in silos andv more particularly' Vto a constructionin which a packer device lis suspended Iin the silo from the roof thereof and arranged to'be.rocked'vertically by jpacker elements inthe silo.

They invention consists in` the f tures hereinafter particularly described and 32o` an operator in the' silo and to be 'raised and lowered, as well as turned about a vertical aXis in order to variously position the novel feadefined in the claims. p

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specication, in which similar characters of reference indicateco-rresponding parts in all the views, and in whichf `Figure 1k is a vertical sectional view.,

` showing'y my improved packer lapplied to a silo; Fig.2 is a planlviewof the packer de-` vice, the" suspension means Vbeing omitted andthe silo being` lshown in horizontal secl tion;` and Fig. 3 isla plan view I:ofthe over- Vhead tracks andfcarriage for theususpension means, parts 'being broken away.`

The device is moreparticularly intended for: use in 4connection with va cylindrical ysilo A 4of any improved constructiomlfor packing the ensilage indicated by` the let-1V terB.-^ r` y fi `To the rafters @,Vofgthe roof `orj"`other overhead part, of the` silo, brackets '10'` "are secured and support at their lower ends,` a circular track 11, which mayl be* formed of .metal tubing.' vOn the track 11, a trans- -verse track 121` is mounted to turn, i being provided with running wheels 13,` traveling on the annular track. The transverse track 12 is heldagainst displacement 'by` means connecting centrally with the roof," lthe means shown comprising a hub or enlarge- .-ment'lonthe ysaid track, provided with an eye `15, lthe piece of rope 16 .or the `like servingto'connect the eye 15 `with thevoverhead eye 17 on the roof. p

A carriage 18 is mounted to` travel on the transverse track 12, being` provided with Va running wheel 19 and suspension means are pack p the ensilage.

arm permitted providedon .the carriage forsuspending a `packer device as `hereinafter described. In the presentexample, the suspension means comprise a block and tackle, there being a `standingblock`20 onthe carriage 18, a fall 'block 22 and a rope 2-1 rove through the said blocks, the ropebeing made'v fast in any adjusted position as at 21a.

The suspension device consists of a balanceV arm 23 having` a hook 24 between the ends thereof, preferably at the center, engaging the hook 22L of the fall block 22, said hook 24 being pivoted as at 25 to the `.balance arm to permit the `latter to rock in Carried Iby the balance the vertical plane.

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arm at the ends-thereof, are packer weights 27 suspended by suitable pivotal connec- 1i `tions 28 from the arm. At each side of the pivot 25, the arm 23is provided with hand holds or grips 26.` Y

With the described construction, the operator standing on the ensilage B as itkaccumulates and initially on the bottom of the silo, may, by taking hold of one vor other of the grips 26, turn the balance arm 23 with the weights thereon about a vertical aXis to variouslydispose the weights over different portions of the ensilage and may rock the said arm vertically to cause the weights to The operator also by `reason of the transverse track can give the V balance arm `and yweights a transversemovement and similarly by reason of the annular track may t-urn the transverse track, causing its wheels 13 to travel on the track 11. Thus the turning of` the horizontal track further provides for the turning of the Vweighted arm about a vertical axis in addition to `the turning movement of the by the iieXibility of the rope 21. v,

Having thus described my invention, I`

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent if v p p l. A packing means for silos, comprising a balance arm,-packer weights carried by said-arm, and means for supporting said armi at different heights in a silo.

2. A packing means for silos, comprising a vertically rockable arm pivoted interme- `diate its ends, weights pivoted to said arm,

and means for silo. j s. s

3. A* packer means for silos, comprising suspending vsaid arm in the `a weighted packer device, suspension means for the -said device, a `carriage for the suspension means, and a transverse trackl ferV pension means for the said arm, a carriage.

for the suspension means, a transverse track for the carriage, and ya circular trackon Which the transverse track ismounted to turn. l

5. A siloI packing means, eomprisinor an arm lai-voted tvo rock n kthe Vertical 'pix-ne,

-turning of the same in a lateral` direction.

Inwvitness whereofv I have signedxmy 15 name ,to this specification in vthe presence of two-,subscribing Witnesses. n f GEORGEG. PARK; UvWitnesses:r i PETER MEETING',

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